| My quest for a new home Due to the state of the economy I am seeking a new place to live. This page will have a few pieces of writing (I also have an ongoing dialogue on my facebook page with many folks) dealing with various aspects of the economy |
This my reply to a friend who gave me their take at what the President is doing.
Since I have been writing a bit on this subject I will start something of an overall note
here and continue.
This is a comment from a friend.....
hey myles, saw your recent status updates. good, or not so good, depending on one's
outlook, we seem to be on the same page. i'm an optimistic realist. i have views
steeeped in or skewed by my religious/political persuasions.
you've got that genious level way of looking at things that intrigues me so, so feel free to
pontificate with me a little on the private side of what you see happening and coming.
personally, i fear for and prepare for(short of arming myself to the hilt, but i am capable
of doing that) the worst.
i have never really trusted ot distrusted government to the point that i let it affect my
life. i always argue with my conservative friends that trace go a record deal during the
clinton administration, and i got to go along for the ride and live out my dreams.
government had nothing to do with it........but now, i'm just scratching my head.
i just got an email from a dear friend calling obama a pathelogical narcissist., i read it
and it made sense to me, atleast in that, it explains what i percieve as insanity, being
sold to the american public, or at least half of us. i watched in befuzzlement at the
masses gatered in chicago on election night and in dc at the inaugeration, tears
streaming down, thinking that this 'man', was going to pull them up out of their misery.....
i'll stop now, and anxiously await your replie.
i'm heading out the door now to get in my bus to head to nyc, i'll have some free time,
so i'll try to make it by manny's, anyone i can say hi to.?
...............
My reply ....
I think that looking at Obama is not the basic issue here.
The country is messed up and our government is great at covering things up when things
get bad. Even when things are not bad there are things that go on that are not right.
Look at the "high times" of just a year or so ago where there were people making tons of
money illegally swindling others (which was one of many factors in the problems today)
and banks making bad loans using judgment and standards which were poor and
substandard which also was a factor in the current problems. The current state of things
are much akin to a roller coaster coming down a 1,000 foot drop that should have had
a block put under its wheels near the top of the drop point. Now it is too late and we
have not come close to the bottom. I personally feel that at the bottom there is a turn
rather than a straight rise and there will be no way to stay on the track. There will be
collateral damage when the end is reached but eventually people will move on with
their lives in a different way as they will not have many other options. For those that do
not think this is the case, they need to open their eyes and see the collateral damage
that has already become so real to many others. The loss of their homes, the crime rate
increase, people who have worked in good faith their entire lives who have lost
everything, the tent cities in major cities such as Sacramento California and other
places. No matter what the President or our government does in the future, for too many
people it is already too late. They have lost everything. When somebody looses
everything and cannot afford to put a roof over their head or feed their family it is not
hard to see how things continue to degrade and raw emotions surface and take over
basic law abiding thinking.
Since I have been writing a bit on this subject I will start something of an overall note
here and continue.
This is a comment from a friend.....
hey myles, saw your recent status updates. good, or not so good, depending on one's
outlook, we seem to be on the same page. i'm an optimistic realist. i have views
steeeped in or skewed by my religious/political persuasions.
you've got that genious level way of looking at things that intrigues me so, so feel free to
pontificate with me a little on the private side of what you see happening and coming.
personally, i fear for and prepare for(short of arming myself to the hilt, but i am capable
of doing that) the worst.
i have never really trusted ot distrusted government to the point that i let it affect my
life. i always argue with my conservative friends that trace go a record deal during the
clinton administration, and i got to go along for the ride and live out my dreams.
government had nothing to do with it........but now, i'm just scratching my head.
i just got an email from a dear friend calling obama a pathelogical narcissist., i read it
and it made sense to me, atleast in that, it explains what i percieve as insanity, being
sold to the american public, or at least half of us. i watched in befuzzlement at the
masses gatered in chicago on election night and in dc at the inaugeration, tears
streaming down, thinking that this 'man', was going to pull them up out of their misery.....
i'll stop now, and anxiously await your replie.
i'm heading out the door now to get in my bus to head to nyc, i'll have some free time,
so i'll try to make it by manny's, anyone i can say hi to.?
...............
My reply ....
I think that looking at Obama is not the basic issue here.
The country is messed up and our government is great at covering things up when things
get bad. Even when things are not bad there are things that go on that are not right.
Look at the "high times" of just a year or so ago where there were people making tons of
money illegally swindling others (which was one of many factors in the problems today)
and banks making bad loans using judgment and standards which were poor and
substandard which also was a factor in the current problems. The current state of things
are much akin to a roller coaster coming down a 1,000 foot drop that should have had
a block put under its wheels near the top of the drop point. Now it is too late and we
have not come close to the bottom. I personally feel that at the bottom there is a turn
rather than a straight rise and there will be no way to stay on the track. There will be
collateral damage when the end is reached but eventually people will move on with
their lives in a different way as they will not have many other options. For those that do
not think this is the case, they need to open their eyes and see the collateral damage
that has already become so real to many others. The loss of their homes, the crime rate
increase, people who have worked in good faith their entire lives who have lost
everything, the tent cities in major cities such as Sacramento California and other
places. No matter what the President or our government does in the future, for too many
people it is already too late. They have lost everything. When somebody looses
everything and cannot afford to put a roof over their head or feed their family it is not
hard to see how things continue to degrade and raw emotions surface and take over
basic law abiding thinking.
I have a friend that is pretty high up in the
California teacher community that wrote
me that as if yesterday, 21,000 teachers
have been issued lay off notices.
I replied back to her with the companies
on the stock exchange for the last few days
that have posted layoffs ... and remember
how many companies are not stock
companies that have failed...
The company, date of layoff and number
of people.
United Technologies 03/10/2009 11,600
McClatchy Co. 03/09/2009 1,600
Marvell Technology 03/05/2009 850
General Dynamics 03/05/2009 1,200
Chrysler LLC 03/04/2009 4,200
IMI PLC 03/04/2009 2,250
Monaco Coach Corp. 03/02/2009 2,000
HSBC 03/02/2009 6,100
I then also replied....
21,000 .... it just keeps getting worse each
day. Today the market was up which
probably will once again fall for a number
of days again over the next week.
Did you see the news last night where it
was about how they are changing how
criminals are sentenced? There was a priest
of some sort with four kids that could not
buy food so he robbed a bank. The
amount of crime, robbery, home invasion,
etc is going through the roof. There are a lot
of desperate people with nothing to loose
and that is always a dangerous situation
that is getting worse each day.
Tent cities are now in many major city
areas and more are being erected every
day.
California teacher community that wrote
me that as if yesterday, 21,000 teachers
have been issued lay off notices.
I replied back to her with the companies
on the stock exchange for the last few days
that have posted layoffs ... and remember
how many companies are not stock
companies that have failed...
The company, date of layoff and number
of people.
United Technologies 03/10/2009 11,600
McClatchy Co. 03/09/2009 1,600
Marvell Technology 03/05/2009 850
General Dynamics 03/05/2009 1,200
Chrysler LLC 03/04/2009 4,200
IMI PLC 03/04/2009 2,250
Monaco Coach Corp. 03/02/2009 2,000
HSBC 03/02/2009 6,100
I then also replied....
21,000 .... it just keeps getting worse each
day. Today the market was up which
probably will once again fall for a number
of days again over the next week.
Did you see the news last night where it
was about how they are changing how
criminals are sentenced? There was a priest
of some sort with four kids that could not
buy food so he robbed a bank. The
amount of crime, robbery, home invasion,
etc is going through the roof. There are a lot
of desperate people with nothing to loose
and that is always a dangerous situation
that is getting worse each day.
Tent cities are now in many major city
areas and more are being erected every
day.
Another comment from a friend....
Yea they just announced more budget
cuts in our county last week. I try not to
think about the fact that I may not have a
job next year. And you aint kidding about
the crime being out of hand...we just had
a bomb threat at our local Walmart this
past weekend and three bank robberies
and home invasions are becoming an
everyday occurrence now
Yea they just announced more budget
cuts in our county last week. I try not to
think about the fact that I may not have a
job next year. And you aint kidding about
the crime being out of hand...we just had
a bomb threat at our local Walmart this
past weekend and three bank robberies
and home invasions are becoming an
everyday occurrence now
Another bit of my own writing ....
Whether folks can see it or not I personally
believe that what folks are calling a
recession is really a depression. When I
was in Vietnam one of the things I learned
is how well our government can defuse
information that goes public. Some of the
other things I learned were survival skills. I
already knew how to hunt, fish and shoot
and my second wife taught me about
livestock, chickens and agriculture (thank
you Dawn).
I have been researching relocation and
have been talking to real estate folks
about a few places. Some of the most
attractive spots are in Tennessee and
Missouri. Cost of living is low, places are
cheap and there is land, hunting, fishing
within walking distance of the property.
All I need now is a good Remington 870
shotgun for bird shooting. I already have a
great deer rifle and know how to dress
game and birds and prepare them for
long term storage. I am not an alarmist
but the signs are pretty darn clear even to
a blind man. If everything turns around in
a few years I will have someplace to call
home if nothing else.
I will keep folks posted.
Whether folks can see it or not I personally
believe that what folks are calling a
recession is really a depression. When I
was in Vietnam one of the things I learned
is how well our government can defuse
information that goes public. Some of the
other things I learned were survival skills. I
already knew how to hunt, fish and shoot
and my second wife taught me about
livestock, chickens and agriculture (thank
you Dawn).
I have been researching relocation and
have been talking to real estate folks
about a few places. Some of the most
attractive spots are in Tennessee and
Missouri. Cost of living is low, places are
cheap and there is land, hunting, fishing
within walking distance of the property.
All I need now is a good Remington 870
shotgun for bird shooting. I already have a
great deer rifle and know how to dress
game and birds and prepare them for
long term storage. I am not an alarmist
but the signs are pretty darn clear even to
a blind man. If everything turns around in
a few years I will have someplace to call
home if nothing else.
I will keep folks posted.
| .... and .... Manny's Music is New York is closing its doors These folks have been around forever and were an iconic store in the music industry. Reports today from them which will hit the news soon is that they are closing their doors. |
Here in California ...
Mexidus .... the reports are that Mexicans
are leaving California at an increased rate.
It seems as if the economy is not stable
enough for many of them to stay here. In
service jobs such as restaurant work so
many places have closed that work
prospects are better in Mexico than
California.
Mexidus .... the reports are that Mexicans
are leaving California at an increased rate.
It seems as if the economy is not stable
enough for many of them to stay here. In
service jobs such as restaurant work so
many places have closed that work
prospects are better in Mexico than
California.
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